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Maeshowe or Maes Howe (mās`hou), prehistoric monument, on Pomona in the Orkney Islands, off N Scotland, near Stenness. A passage grave with a corbeled vault, it measures 115 ft (35 m) in diameter and 23 ft (7 m) high. It dates to the early 3d millennium B.C. A runic inscription on the wall records a 12th-century Viking visit.

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No references found			LotR VI:6 954) The "house of stone" probably conjures in most minds the image of a passage grave or chamber tomb, with a vaulted stone burial chamber of walk-in dimensions, something like the Neolithic Maeshowe cairn in Orkney, perhaps. Archaeology and the sense of history in J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth ... by Sabo, Deborah / Mythlore Ness of Brodgar lies near the Heart Of Neolithic Orkney World Heritage Site, comprising Skara Brae, the Maeshowe chambered tomb, the Stones of Stenness and the Ring of Brodgar. Experts uncover ancient village by Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland) She includes Mesolithic and early Neolithic times, Skara Brae, Maeshowe burials, the Ring of Brodgar, the Bronze and Iron Ages, the coming and going of peoples into the 20th century, and the arrival of antiquarians and archaeologists. Between the wind and the water; World Heritage Orkney by Reference & Research Book News			Mae Klong Mae Nam Chao Phraya MAE-Central MAE-East MAE-West Maeander Maebashi Maecenas Maecenas, Gaius Maecenas, Gaius Cilnius Maekawa Kunio Maekawa, Kunio maelstrom Maemo maenad maenads maenads and bacchantes maenianum Maeotae Maeotis Maeotis, Palus Maergoiz, Isaak Maergoiz, Isaak Moiseevich Maerlant, Jacob Van Maes, Nicolaes Maeshowe Maesteg Maestra, Sierra Maestrichtian Maestrichtian Stage maestro Maeterlinck Maeterlinck, Maurice Maetzig, Kurt Maewo Mafeking Maffei I and II Maffei system Mafia mafic mineral mafic rock Mafikeng Mafikeng, Siege Mafra mafura tallow MAG mag-slip Maga, Hubert Magadan Magadan Oblast Magadha			Maera MAERB MAERC Maergoiz, Isaak Maergoiz, Isaak Moiseevich MAERI Maerkisches Werk of North America, Inc. Maerlant, Jacob van maeror MAERP MAERS Maersk Air Maersk and Mediterranean Shipping Company Maersk Contractors Newfoundland Limited Maersk Iternational Shipping Education Maersk Lines, Limited Maeru Maes Maes Howe Maes Howe - Heart of Neolithic Orkney Maes, Nicolaes Maesa Maesa lanceolata MAESC Maeshowe Maeshowe Barrow Maesil MAESP MAESSR Maesteg Maesteg, Wales maestoso maestosos Maestra Maestra Maestra, Sierra maestri maestri Maestría en Liderazgo Organizacional Maestricht Maestricht Maestricht monitor Maestrichtian Maestrichtian Stage maestro maestro maestro Maestro de capilla Maestro di capella Maestro di cappella Maestro Limpio

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